Independence at Home Demonstration Program

Federal Office: CMS

The Independence at Home Demonstration, authorized by Section 3024 of the Affordable Care Act, will test a service delivery model that utilizes physician and nurse practitioner directed primary care teams to provide services to certain Medicare beneficiaries in their homes.

Funds:

Not yet known.

Awardees:

Primary care practices and associated multidisciplinary teams that are led by physicians or nurse practitioners; are organized to provide primary medical care services; have experience providing home-based primary care to patients with multiple chronic conditions, and serve at least 200 beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions during each year of the demonstration, are eligible.

Next Steps:

CMS is currently taking applications.

For more information on the Independence at Home Demostration Program, visit https://www.cms.gov/demoprojectsevalrpts/md/itemdetail.asp?itemid=CMS1240082 or https://www.cms.gov/DemoProjectsEvalRpts/downloads/IAH_PressRelease.pdf.